journal

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
  2. noun a periodical dedicated to a particular subject
  3. noun a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

Etymology

From Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal (“daily”), from Old French jornel (“day”) (whence modern French journal), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”). Doublet of diurnal and the journal from French.

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diary

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